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Many employers see enough applicants, but far too few of them have the basic skills -- reading, writing and arithmetic -- to handle jobs in an economy that increasingly runs on technology and information. Scarpato, the laundry-machine vendor, contends that he encounters high school graduates who sit down with a job application and ask what the word address means. Says Scarpato: "If they can't read, I can't train them to follow a wiring diagram and repair machinery...
...company won't release figures, but it claims the tapes are selling well, mostly through catalogs. Meanwhile, pet shop owners profess unconcern. Says one Manhattan doggie vendor: "The next thing you know they'll come out with video husbands and wives...
Victor who is a street vendor in Downtown Crossing from Somerville, simply admits, "I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally...
...Communist New People's Army blew up four strategic bridges, severing rail lines between Naga and Manila. Soon after, the army escalated its war with the N.P.A., further disrupting the local economy. Then the market where San Buenaventura sold kalamansi burned to the ground. Crossing herself, the fruit vendor offers a prayer for President Corazon Aquino. "Cory is our guiding light," she says, "our savior. She has not sinned against her fellowmen. It's only the people around her who have wronged...
...shirts, of course, are not the only Game items Students can also purchase "Yale sucks" buttons and traditional "Beat Yale" hats, according to Rodney J. Taylor '91, a student vendor who will sell clothing items, banners, and pins at football games...